Bill Gates pledges $912 million to global disease fight, urges gvts to step up

23/9/2025 13:16

The Gates Foundation will give $912 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, philanthropist Bill Gates announced on Monday as he urged governments to reverse global health funding cuts.



Speaking at a Reuters Newsmaker event in New York, Gates said the world was at a crossroads, with millions of children at risk of dying if funding drops too steeply.



The Gates Foundation's pledge matches its donation in 2022. That was the last time the Global Fund, a Geneva-based independent nonprofit, raised money on its three-year budget cycle. The announcement follows deep aid cuts from governments around the world, led by the United States.



The event celebrates and seeks to accelerate progress on United Nations global development goals set for 2030, including improving health and ending poverty.



"I am not capable of making up what the government cuts, and I don’t want to create an illusion of that," he said about his pledge.